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Education Team Meeting

Recently, a team of BC-based educators gathered at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. Joining them was the core Teacher Education advisory committee of Masako Fukawa, Greg Miyanaga, Vivian Wakabayashi Rygnestad, and Connie Kadota, Project Director Mike…

Monument & Database of Names

Exciting progress is being made by the JC Monument Database team lead by University of Victoria’s Michael Abe who is developing the list of names of coastal living JCs, disambiguating 14,500 case files digitized through Landscapes of Injustice, plus researching…

Community Fund Website Live

The Community Fund, inspired by the 2019 NAJC Community Consultations led by Maryka Omatsu with co-chair Art Miki, is a forward-looking initiative that supports survivors and descendants of all generations throughout Canada.  The program invests in the future of the Japanese…

JC Legacies Community Fund

The $12 million community fund is the most forward-looking of the legacy initiatives, with the potential to support young Japanese Canadians across Canada. The program looks to invest in the future of the Japanese Canadian community by allocating funds to…

Teaching Resources Committee

The Sixfold framework originally approved by the NAJC BC Redress project, the NAJC executine board, and the BC Government, is now implemented through JCLS and includes anti-racism (non-monetary, involving acknowledgment); seniors’ health & wellness; heritage; community & culture; monument; and…

Meet the Team: Mika Kobayashi Embury

JC Legacies Project Coordinator Mika Kobayashi Embury is the newest member of the team. A Yonsei, she was born and raised in North Vancouver and she graduated from the University of Toronto in 2020, majoring in French language with a…


Japanese Canadian Legacies are initiatives that honour our elders past and present. We are grateful to be doing this work on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples.